JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.—The Petitioner herein is a business. He had been carrying on business in the name and style of “JEWELS-9”. His business premises is situate at 504-D, Crystal Plaza, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai-400 053. He claims himself to be a manufacturer of jewellery. He claims himself to be an office bearer of the “Jewellers Association of Greater Andheri”. The contention of the petitioner was that respondent Nos. 3 and 4 viz., M.A.K. Sheikh and Avinash Dharmadhikari herein had entered into a criminal conspiracy against him as he had exposed their illegal acts and corrupt practices in the media on behalf of the “JEWELLERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ANDHERI” in furtherance whereof they registered five false cases against him during the period 25.9.2003 to 16.10.2003. During the purported investigation of the said cases, the photographs of the petitioner were allegedly published in the media with a news story that he was a hard-core criminal. Details of the publications in various newspapers are contained in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) of the Special Leave Petition. The said articles were said to have been published in different newspapers owned/published by respondent No